Fitzpatrick shines in Jets win over Giants

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The not only won the New York-area preseason bragging rights, they showed they're a lot closer to being ready for the regular season than the .Quarterback threw two touchdown pa ses and scored on a 59-yard interception return in the waning seconds of the first half in the ' 28-18 win Saturday night."We have a ways to go, and we know we have our work cut out for us, but the guys are starting to gel and we did some good Dennis Eckersley Jersey things," coach Todd Bowles said.After struggling in place of the injured in the first two preseason games, Fitzpatrick hit 9 of 14 pa ses for 127 yards. He threw an 18-yard touchdown pa s to and added a 24-yarder on a screen pa s to as the (2-1) showed balance on offense."Everybody was moving in the same direction, and everybody was moving in the right direction," Fitzpatrick said. scored on a 1-yard run for the (1-2), whose first-team offense has produced 10 points in 12 preseason po se sions. (12 of 16 for 90 yards) was having a good half until Cromartie stepped in front of and scored with 6 seconds left in the half."He read it," Bowles said. "He's been playing a long time. I think there was a little hesitation by Eli. He went to Andrew Triggs Jersey him at the last minute and Cro broke. He studies a lot of film."Both teams rested most of their starters after the first half.Punt returner Walter Powell supplied the biggest highlight of the second half, returning a punt by 54 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. kicked a 48-yard field goal for the on the opening po se sion of the second half. threw a 6-yard touchdown pa s to and a 2-point pa s to with 7:31 to play.The teams will play again in a regular-season game on Dec. 6.The did more on both sides of the ball than the . They established a running game, picking up 67 yards on 14 carries in the first half.The were limited to 37 yards on 14 carries and their only drive of significance was a 14-play, 85 yard drive that was kept alive by two penalties."You can't be perfect, but we've got to eliminate the self-inflicted wounds," Jennings said. "When we do that, we'll have the consistency down that we're gonna need during the season."The ' defense once again had trouble on cro sing patterns and it had a major blown coverage on the screen pa s to Stacy. He caught it and there was nothing in front of him but turf.Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s